Capsule endoscopy: A review from the clinician's perspectives

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-207

  Westerhof, J ^a   Koornstra, J J ^a   Weersma, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Celiac disease; Crohn disease; Hemorrage; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Intestin, small

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROGOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MOSAPRIDE; PROKINETIC AGENT; SIMETHICONE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEOPLASM; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 44349109702     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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